707438-1869-PROCLAMATION — Page 1

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH JUNE, 1869.

BANKS.

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE IN RESERVE.

AS

$

Oriental Bank Corporation,.

580,487

193,496

Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,..

444,469

200,000

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,.

246,850

85,000

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,..

1,121,957

600,000

ΤΟΤΑΙ........

2,393,763

1,078,496

No. 7.

PROCLAMATION.

[L.S.] RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL.

.By His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, Knight, and Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Ilongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same.

Whereas the Commands of Her Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN, conveyed through The Right Honorable Earl GRANVILLE, K.G., Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, have been received, approving of and confirming the following Ordinance; namely:-

No. 14 of 1868, entitled-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to apply a Sum not exceeding Eight hundred and Thirty-seven thousand Dollars to the Public Service of the Year 1869:

Now, therefore, it is hereby declared, that the said Ordinance has been so approved and confirmed, as aforesaid.

By His Excellency's Command,

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Given at Victoria, Hongkong, this 2nd Day of June, 1869.

No. 65.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

With reference to Government Notification No. 77 of the 11th June, 1868, it is hereby notified that The Queen's Exequatur empowering the Honorable WILLIAM KESWICK to act as Consul General for His Hawaiian Majesty at Hongkong, has received Her Majesty's Signature.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd June, 1869.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

No. 64.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL has been pleased to appoint provisionally, and till further notice, Lieutenant R. N. BUCKLE, R.E., to be Aide-de-Camp from the 20th ultimo, inclusive.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st June, 1869.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

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